Man grabs Sarkozy during walkabout

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A man grabbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy and yanked him off balance.

30 June,2011 08:40 pm

The man was then wrestled to the ground by bodyguards.The unidentified man seized Sarkozy by the jacket as he was greeting people gathered behind a barrier in the town of Brax, southwestern France, and tugged the president forward.Sarkozy staggered, straightened up and looked briefly ruffled but then went on glad-handing the public as the man was restrained by security staff.Police said later that a man was in custody in nearby Agen. An official in Sarkozys office said that the presidency does not wish to take action against him.Sarkozy has been involved in several altercations in public with hecklers and boisterous crowds, but it was the first time a member of the public had breached his security bubble to lay hands on him.